PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Rebum dolor amet dolor ut sadipscing nonumy tincidunt ut. Lorem luptatum est kasd veniam option te. Eirmod facilisi magna sed vero magna ipsum vero ea at erat nobis ipsum eros tincidunt amet accusam consetetur voluptua. Duo dolore minim justo erat. Sit sed euismod hendrerit vero sanctus luptatum diam elitr sanctus sadipscing accusam. Eum labore gubergren sea augue congue ea dolor nonummy elitr. Facer duo vero eu.
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Sample Output H3
No feugait vel kasd consequat. Dolor et vel consetetur sit amet iriure tempor ea takimata consetetur dolore ea dolor illum sed nulla sed consetetur. Et no aliquip. Consectetuer eos sit illum eos adipiscing ut aliquyam magna ea at no. Elitr adipiscing facilisis amet amet elitr tempor stet sea dolor voluptua. Justo sit ex volutpat commodo eum aliquyam dolor sed elit diam ipsum sit. Soluta blandit ipsum voluptua lorem sea eos eos dolores sed eirmod accumsan tempor. Rebum sea vero voluptua justo diam. Elit velit duis justo qui liber eirmod amet nibh dignissim in et rebum suscipit justo rebum dolore. Elit et odio ea no labore elitr suscipit dolore et lorem takimata amet et sanctus consetetur eos. Invidunt at ut.
Magna aliquam nulla. Hendrerit vero consetetur sed consetetur voluptua illum est duo et. No ad voluptua sit. Stet imperdiet voluptua justo takimata gubergren et vel diam diam diam takimata elitr tempor velit erat sit tation et. Sed erat feugiat adipiscing et vel esse kasd. Elit facilisi rebum diam nisl eos lorem amet lorem adipiscing consequat est nibh in et ut diam. Magna ut dolor ad dolor tincidunt aliquyam dolore ex duo et molestie erat est no.
Sample Output H4
Accusam doming dolores est rebum lorem congue sit voluptua ut sed sit sadipscing clita doming eos justo. Justo magna accusam lorem erat in dolore lorem diam. Dolor hendrerit sed sit invidunt dolor sit no. Takimata sit takimata duo ut voluptua sea sit eirmod lobortis sanctus rebum lorem no stet nonumy consetetur et amet. Vero et no dolores eos. Suscipit takimata et et enim. Tempor stet clita voluptua eum clita. Diam erat elitr amet et dolore veniam invidunt.
Diam voluptua voluptua sit dolor invidunt tempor sea accusam autem erat nonumy sit velit eos. Accusam sed invidunt et sanctus consetetur magna gubergren et amet magna consetetur voluptua justo magna sea at. Consetetur nonumy nonumy lorem dignissim voluptua sea et vero invidunt sit. Facilisis at et nonumy sed consequat sit rebum sed stet. No mazim dolor est kasd dolore dolore ea at enim facer sadipscing. Est velit at diam facilisi nonumy dolor consetetur kasd ea lorem dolore et invidunt diam dolor sea duis amet. Doming aliquyam et erat dolore ut dolores ipsum labore voluptua consetetur eos et diam ut vero no in accumsan.
Sample Output H4
Duo voluptua hendrerit elitr et nonumy eum in dolores et dolores lorem sanctus. At sanctus sit sea elitr tempor sit facilisi kasd iusto sadipscing. Dolore dolores et nonumy velit et lorem nisl diam tempor. Tempor est sea assum sed accusam velit sed ipsum est. Gubergren ea nonummy consequat amet ea in vero et accusam. In vero dolore. Sanctus dolor nonummy lorem velit erat iusto consequat no erat ea gubergren dolor dignissim quod illum.
Commodo at ipsum sadipscing lorem facilisi labore et. Et volutpat eirmod duis lorem no eos elitr labore augue commodo labore vero. Ad est clita dolore luptatum sit sed elitr facilisi voluptua sanctus feugait sanctus justo ut lorem. Odio accumsan consetetur clita et accusam vero duis at duo dolor no duo consetetur velit et ipsum suscipit. Elitr nonumy ipsum rebum consetetur. Gubergren clita est sed ipsum est sea duo in in dolor erat sit nihil labore tempor.
Sample Output H3
Dolores magna dolore ipsum et hendrerit ipsum dolor adipiscing stet vero ea et. Illum sea gubergren nulla et dolor eos. Ut vulputate sit eleifend elitr clita invidunt takimata tempor eirmod dolores amet dolor stet aliquyam. Sit dolores vero amet mazim facilisis nibh accusam nulla et feugiat consetetur eirmod amet commodo. Ut ut amet diam tempor duo eum at. Et sed qui ut at quis accusam dolore. Exerci justo diam eos. At kasd elitr elitr sea commodo sed. Veniam consequat stet gubergren mazim vulputate et kasd feugiat aliquam. Et duo lorem at sit amet nonumy facilisi et. Dolore autem amet clita dolores et lorem dolor at dolor magna sed.
Dolore nonumy ea et ipsum nibh. Magna dolore et. Ipsum et ut laoreet feugiat dolor amet. Est in eirmod dolor ipsum vulputate dolores lorem gubergren invidunt labore sed est et liber. Eirmod duo labore. Et in amet nobis qui et ea ipsum no nihil stet lorem facilisis et aliquyam est consetetur. Sit ea ut odio et vulputate magna vel ex. Molestie elitr diam gubergren liber. Enim eu sed est. Vel et duo suscipit erat kasd labore dolores invidunt dolor nobis ipsum nonummy duo dolor justo. Sea clita lorem eirmod qui amet amet labore sea ipsum stet dolor et et stet facilisi et takimata velit.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt ipsum dolor. Blandit dolores et consetetur nonummy elitr duo odio veniam takimata erat dolor stet. Delenit ut accusam et facilisi possim quis. Tempor molestie no amet amet dolor ea sed. Eu takimata sea invidunt sed consequat tempor magna clita iriure et. Sea labore ullamcorper takimata et at duis feugait. In nulla vel labore magna. Cum kasd et ut lorem et molestie wisi consetetur lorem vulputate tempor lorem consetetur elitr.
Nibh sadipscing consequat duo. Lorem erat eos ipsum. Suscipit sanctus et aliquam ut magna et accumsan amet delenit nonumy. Dolores lorem diam veniam. Consetetur nisl aliquyam ut iusto aliquyam rebum diam diam et duis consequat erat tempor amet sit vero. Ullamcorper facilisis amet nonumy nam labore lorem eros magna lorem ea voluptua consetetur ea gubergren dolor labore molestie. Et sit tation qui dolore amet dolor eos no. Nonummy at erat sadipscing sed nostrud dolore invidunt sanctus amet duis clita.
Sample Output H4
Gubergren ut rebum vulputate sit diam sed dolor lorem feugiat diam clita ipsum kasd commodo amet. Kasd sit et et consequat invidunt et invidunt. Diam ea erat labore amet. Accusam clita et no erat takimata. Duo sed at voluptua. Ipsum amet veniam accusam ipsum gubergren no velit lorem sea gubergren magna labore. Ipsum kasd nonummy stet eos elit duo dolor vero tempor clita et autem ut et sed sed. Et vel aliquyam. Sanctus nisl amet et vero. Et clita ea clita eirmod dolores diam luptatum. Magna ipsum tincidunt invidunt magna ipsum kasd dignissim diam stet takimata ipsum facer magna stet takimata.
Clita est vero dolores ipsum accumsan vulputate eu minim dolor takimata nonumy luptatum rebum amet et feugiat nostrud. Eleifend diam tempor sit tempor duo takimata dolores no sit magna est. Invidunt et et duis lorem ea amet justo stet elitr sed no nostrud et delenit dolor dolor justo. Ut sit accusam placerat vero no invidunt eos aliquyam facilisi kasd sed. Dolor lorem ipsum ex accusam dolor eos ut. Vel tempor velit no invidunt elitr sit sea vero sanctus dolore dolore dignissim. Magna quod sit dolor clita et accusam sit ipsum stet wisi clita vero et ea.
More Sample Output H2
Sit sit iusto accusam labore est ea eos augue ipsum justo duo gubergren sit eos kasd. Nam sanctus in sit gubergren zzril voluptua dolore eirmod. Clita at blandit sed clita ut vero aliquip dolore ipsum justo. Hendrerit velit nulla praesent autem sit sed labore duo labore vel voluptua eos sea. Erat velit invidunt rebum diam amet eleifend dolore dolore consetetur voluptua takimata.
Nostrud dolor clita at takimata velit ipsum et. Dolor et lorem consectetuer dignissim erat diam elitr diam est dolore diam justo consetetur ea. Dolore nonumy rebum ut et molestie sed. Vel tempor ea sed illum vero lorem. Voluptua at ut nonumy dignissim sed amet tempor sea dignissim ipsum ipsum sit. At eros te ipsum eos nihil. Magna aliquam ipsum ipsum ullamcorper amet kasd stet enim kasd lorem eos nobis dolor sadipscing voluptua delenit kasd sea. Nisl sea ipsum nonumy tincidunt euismod elitr invidunt velit diam vel amet sadipscing clita et dolore et sed. Erat ipsum stet nostrud ullamcorper consetetur hendrerit volutpat takimata ipsum ex aliquyam eirmod et lobortis lorem amet ut. Iriure aliquyam sed at at ut consequat est sanctus diam amet. Aliquyam tincidunt ea clita ullamcorper consetetur lorem clita consetetur ut clita.
Sample Output H3
Vero nobis vel labore lobortis clita accusam sit. Luptatum ea tempor diam aliquyam ut clita nonumy duo tempor dolore sea clita accumsan. Lorem consetetur et aliquip elitr veniam sea justo est justo sit ipsum lorem odio ut sea aliquyam esse gubergren. Amet at diam nonumy. Et ipsum vel duo sit rebum clita diam et aliquyam sed in esse diam. No et nobis no vulputate accusam no dolor dolores.
Eirmod dolor ad eos stet ipsum gubergren takimata elitr vero magna amet. Est velit at nobis in dolor magna eros kasd sed duis possim sadipscing ut et. Sea labore dolores dolor adipiscing doming gubergren nonumy dolor vel minim eum illum invidunt laoreet lobortis. Et lorem delenit quis et tation rebum enim dolor sadipscing sea dolore ea. Hendrerit sit dolores ut volutpat odio lorem feugait feugiat erat sit aliquyam diam eos sed sit nulla sit. Kasd dolores et iusto id amet eum ipsum sanctus ipsum dolor dolor dolor facilisis wisi. Eum ad sit est autem et zzril feugait labore erat stet magna elitr vulputate facilisi justo sanctus molestie dolor. Voluptua at elitr qui at duo eros vero diam exerci dolore feugait hendrerit lorem lorem consequat at. Ut rebum invidunt exerci tempor diam erat voluptua. Justo elitr et dolor no eirmod. Sit dolore accusam consectetuer aliquyam erat cum eirmod ad elitr amet dolore diam elitr.
Sample Output H4
Sadipscing sed et eros sit facilisis labore et accumsan ipsum takimata takimata dignissim consetetur zzril vero nam no. Diam elit sadipscing blandit consequat et dolor consetetur augue sed dolor et dignissim dolore sit nonumy. Aliquam sed clita sanctus labore esse takimata dolore. Duis tempor et exerci voluptua sanctus. Sadipscing gubergren sed sit magna lobortis erat aliquam vel. Sanctus nonumy adipiscing et at aliquam lorem sed. Diam dolor sadipscing nostrud takimata ut volutpat sed praesent gubergren diam dolor molestie elit vel. Nisl facer nonumy sit. Dolore velit possim euismod enim duo et accusam aliquam duo aliquam vel tincidunt erat iriure amet. Molestie ea ipsum laoreet delenit diam erat est vulputate nonummy lorem. Invidunt sed ea diam duo sed stet dolore tempor at dolores.
Consetetur elitr et dolores gubergren eleifend est diam sed duo at ipsum minim. Clita consetetur vel diam gubergren et sed clita nonumy est amet. Dolor ad ipsum erat vel dolor sed duo justo ut no iusto. Diam sadipscing et amet gubergren vero sed accumsan. Sit diam ut ipsum in accusam dolor in ipsum sit sanctus laoreet lorem vero. Eum sanctus diam duo erat. Diam ut ipsum ea et sed feugiat. Nulla aliquyam ipsum dolore takimata ut tempor sadipscing eleifend sed exerci invidunt kasd eu vero sit sea nihil et. Ea est imperdiet et sit delenit vero sed eirmod praesent diam.
Sample Output H4
Blandit takimata cum dolor lorem placerat. Voluptua dolor et liber lobortis et lorem sed. Aliquyam eos ut accusam sed id et ipsum dolor lorem sea iriure amet vulputate lorem stet diam. Dolore consetetur diam lorem velit sanctus stet tincidunt duis lorem sed duo accusam diam quis magna sea diam. Gubergren aliquam vero eu sit sanctus clita magna et aliquyam.
Facilisi at accusam voluptua labore est dolore. Aliquyam ut justo dolor consetetur kasd sed. Labore sed ea amet aliquyam at consequat dolores lorem clita est dolor dolores et. Augue elit suscipit et elitr lorem sit nibh at tempor eos eros ipsum eirmod voluptua labore et. Ut magna nonumy ea nulla et ut. Esse sea eos sit stet assum sanctus elit iusto lorem volutpat consetetur ut ut amet labore. Vero wisi delenit ut erat kasd exerci ea. Magna nibh in consectetuer lorem nonumy et ipsum kasd tation ullamcorper ut sanctus ipsum ut iusto ut sed vel. Consetetur qui aliquyam est exerci tation lorem accusam odio quod. Sed lobortis eirmod takimata amet est vero sit vel amet eu diam tation eum dolor justo dolor sea. Diam eirmod et sit iusto nulla rebum.
Sample Output H3
Delenit et clita dolore consequat augue eos ipsum sit amet amet dolores elitr dolore lorem ipsum duis erat sed. Sanctus eirmod ut clita voluptua kasd autem at blandit. Vero nulla ea lorem ea rebum lorem eleifend iusto consetetur eirmod. Sit sit diam sed vero amet qui et kasd. Elitr kasd duo voluptua eros et sanctus vulputate aliquyam dolor invidunt lorem justo duis ad no. Diam accusam sit takimata consequat et facilisis eirmod no et lorem. Dolores takimata clita suscipit quis nonumy takimata aliquyam justo liber lorem. Dolor rebum sed augue ipsum ipsum et sit magna ipsum at.
Feugiat consetetur elitr veniam nonumy. Labore sanctus ipsum dolore diam duis duis tincidunt kasd consetetur erat aliquyam ipsum est wisi. Labore sed clita nonumy. Et ipsum et qui clita vero vulputate dolore sed ea amet amet aliquyam et assum duis. Amet erat eirmod hendrerit vulputate invidunt invidunt. Consetetur sed magna erat sed stet duis lorem diam. Lorem diam stet nihil. Sadipscing iriure labore sed sea aliquyam ea. Aliquyam et wisi erat et laoreet iusto veniam et diam et justo et. Consectetuer autem dolor eirmod dolor lorem ea illum vel sit et est.
Sample Output H4
Tation no at et erat. Sit dolor gubergren ut luptatum dolor dolor takimata eirmod. Dolor diam ut praesent. Justo dolor nonumy erat amet eos enim feugiat dolore dolore sed magna diam est sea ea kasd vero. No aliquyam tempor labore in diam dolor nibh kasd augue lorem consetetur. Et feugiat eirmod et consequat doming erat ipsum liber est sed sed molestie. Vero dolor nulla. Lobortis dignissim aliquyam diam luptatum illum. Dolore aliquam ipsum sit blandit duo quis sit nobis ipsum sit dolores. Clita et stet eirmod lorem at gubergren.
Nam dolor at dolore nonumy. At et sit et laoreet et lorem diam facilisis. Ipsum eirmod vel consectetuer invidunt vero nonumy dolor et eu dolor et sit et in volutpat. Aliquyam clita dolore et erat sed sit iusto ut. Magna diam molestie sea vulputate tempor lorem amet liber dolor et et diam stet facilisi gubergren eu erat et. Dolor ut est justo vero rebum amet stet et sed invidunt at ut eos rebum.
Sample Output H4
Et rebum diam ipsum aliquam et sea nonumy rebum amet et et exerci enim dolores. Dolore diam sanctus eos. Ut tation sed ex vel et gubergren ex dolore vero ipsum et et. Rebum enim est justo est veniam diam gubergren ipsum duis aliquyam ut vero invidunt. Lorem stet at ipsum. Et labore sit erat. Vero ipsum erat magna. Clita sit dolor consetetur invidunt sadipscing dolore et dolor nibh sit sed. No vero aliquyam sit et delenit.
Laoreet sit elitr vulputate exerci duo elitr et magna amet amet sed. Gubergren erat odio gubergren et minim sed esse possim dolor liber quis vel. Velit facilisi et magna labore tempor sit at est kasd sanctus feugait sed lobortis no nam sed sit stet. Ipsum sit in lorem in dolor esse sed tempor justo est eos. Invidunt velit no gubergren dolore clita ullamcorper consetetur dolore ut quis gubergren elitr labore est dolor. Justo suscipit ex. Erat minim ipsum sit dolor ipsum autem sanctus iriure lobortis nonumy labore elitr sanctus duo adipiscing nihil elit nonumy.